Water, Wetlands and Fires: Innovative solutions for Green Recovery in South America

To celebrate the World Environment Day, dedicated this year to ecosystem restoration and the official launch of the UN decade for ecosystem restoration (2021-2030), Wetlands International is pleased to invite you to an online event: ‘Water, Wetlands and Fires: Innovative solutions for Green Recovery in South America’, taking place on 3 June 2021, at 3 – 5pm CET.

In face of the global climate and water crisis, and in an era of economic and environmental interdependence, interregional cooperation is a powerful tool for finding solutions to these transboundary challenges. The EU Green Deal, is an opportunity for exploring a more sustainable economy, highlighting the preservation of natural ecosystems, strengthening green alliances, supporting local communities, and fostering climate adaptation and mitigation measures together with strong wetland’s ecosystems restoration efforts.

The event will seek to highlight the importance of innovative solutions for restoration of wetland ecosystems and exchange with the EU on its significant role in raising global awareness and building solidarity for the innovative solutions that contribute to freshwater ecosystem resilience and green recovery above all for communities across the Pantanal, Ibera Marshes and Parana Delta who are facing the consequences of the pandemic, drought and fires.

To register, click here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/water-wetlands-fires-innovative-solutions-for-green-recovery-in-lac-tickets-153815976727

Draft agenda

15.00 – 15.05  Welcoming by Jane Madgwick, Chief Executive Officer, Wetlands International  

15.05 -15.10 UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration by Ms. Maria Eugenia Di Paola, Environment and Sustainable Development Coordinator, UNDP 

15.10 – 15.30 Presentation of the issue and solutions 

• Mr Daniel Blanco, Director Wetlands International LAC (Argentina) 
• Video on the fires along the Paraguay - Parana Corridor  
• Dr. Wolfgang Junk, Wetlands International Associate expert

 15.30– 16.00 EU Green Deal and the programming in South America

• Mr Carles Puigmarti-Borrell, EUROCLIMA+, DG INTPA – European Commission
• Ms Delara Burkhardt, Member of the European Parliament.
• Mr Pablo Iglesias Rumbo, EU Delegation to Argentina
• Ms Tanja Miskova, Upcoming Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU
• Mr Daniel Blanco, Director Wetlands International LAC (Argentina) 

16.00 – 16.25 Q&A by the Audience 

16.25 -16.30  Closing remarks by Jane Madgwick, Wetlands International